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Realize there is not a thread on this guy. Pau Gasol's 38 (though still doing well) so looks like this underrated Center will get 20+ min split of the mins. And he is actually GOOD! A rim protector and team player that has room to grow. Seems to fit Spurs system but really under the radar. What do you guys think?

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Realize there is not a thread on this guy. Pau Gasol's 38 (though still doing well) so looks like this underrated Center will get 20+ min split of the mins. And he is actually GOOD! A rim protector and team player that has room to grow. Seems to fit Spurs system but really under the radar. What do you guys think?

I grabbed him with my last pick and in a 10 team points league. I really like the way he plays and I expect Pop to be a big fan. If he can take the starting 5 spot then I expect a really solid season

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If he can take the starting 5 spot then I expect a really solid season

As @rob0403 mentions, he is splitting the position with gasol who is 38 years old. So it doesn't matter if he starts or not, he will get at least a half the minutes and more as the season progresses, because at 38 years old Gasol wouldn't be able to handle a heavy workload.

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some kind of John Henson 2.0 who gets picked up after 12 reb and 4 blocks and then gets dropped 2 nights later after 12 min with 4 reb and zero's across the board... then 2 weeks later he has another good game and the circle begins again. He is a role player bench guy at best. Some good games but much mediocrity in between..

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some kind of John Henson 2.0 who gets picked up after 12 reb and 4 blocks and then gets dropped 2 nights later after 12 min with 4 reb and zero's across the board... then 2 weeks later he has another good game and the circle begins again. He is a role player bench guy at best. Some good games but much mediocrity in between..

Its his 3rd season and his first chance to see near starter minutes. No reason to think he can't improve a decent bit from last season especially with a team that I think is more suited to his strengths.

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LMA really needs to become a legit outside threat for that to happen. But as a Raptor fan I know a lot about Poeltl. He is really good and smart player. He can't shoot but is an excellent defender, moves his feet brilliantly, runs the floor well and his passing game is underrated. He works his ar$e off too. I can't really understand why he was in Pop's doghouse. Admittedly the fit with DeMar and LMA isn't great due to spacing, but the Spurs defense is terrible and Yak would improve that. Who really knows what Pop will do. The spurs are a bunch of square pegs for round holes right now - there are some good defenders that can't shoot and some good shooters that can't defend And when your two franchise guys are poor defenders, that live off the mid-range game you know you are going to struggle when that is the description of your role players. Tough fits all around. Said it in the summer and nothing has shown me reason for change - IMO spurs aren't making the playoffs...[so they might as well see what they got in Poeltl and roll him out...but I also can't see Pop waving the white flag...]